About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | A unidimensional measure of child mindfulness adapted from the adult MAAS. |
| Example | I could be feeling a certain way and not realise it until later |
| Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimberly_Schonert-Reichl/publication/257795419_A_Validation_Study_of_the_Mindful_Attention_Awareness_Scale_Adapted_for_Children/links/0046353515614cb6e1000000/A-Validation-Study-of-the-Mindful-Attention-Awareness-Scale |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 15 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 9-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .82-.84 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Single factor so |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule positive affect subscale, r= .19 and negative affect subscale, r= -.52; Rumination, r= -.56; Spence Anxiety Scale, r= -.39; Children's Depression Inventory, r= -.47 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Lawlor, M. S., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., Gadermann, A. M., & Zumbo, B. D. (2014). A validation study of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale adapted for children. Mindfulness, 5(6), 730-741. doi:10.1007/s12671-013-0228-4 |